{"id":5377,"date":"2024-05-05T23:30:36","date_gmt":"2024-05-05T23:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tokitopia.com\/?page_id=5377"},"modified":"2025-03-03T20:42:40","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T20:42:40","slug":"3-8-bander-ren","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tokitopia.com\/index.php\/3-8-bander-ren\/","title":{"rendered":"3.7:  TASTY-MEETINGS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.25.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|7px||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.25.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.25.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.25.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ARCH 3.7<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u201c\u2026peanut butter jelly time\u2026\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">13 Feb 2020.\u00a0 Late afternoon.<br \/>Las Torres Mall <br \/>La Paz, Bolivia<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">40 hours after Ren\u2019s hang-up.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Emma fills them in that Ren was picked up from a nearby strip and is on his way.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Everyone is waiting around in general suspense.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Emma doesn&#8217;t like an alert she received after.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">She calls, no answer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Calls another number.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Handsy guy answers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;Heeeeeeeey Alejandro, you gotta tell me, everything good?\u00a0 There was a stop.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;Si si jefita, he want to visit market on the way over, he buy food and bread and stuff and things&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;and a bag i see&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;looks like he likes bags&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;Oh good.<br \/>Is Fernanda okay?\u00a0 She&#8217;s not answering.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Alejandro fill her in; &#8220;Fernanda has eyes on him.\u00a0 I have eyes on both, nothing here.<br \/>Morning overwatch reports all clear; same people, same stuff, same cheap prices&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;okay okay, good good&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;and Alejo&#8230;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[Emma looks over and hides herself into the phone]\u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;what&#8217;s he look like?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;hahahaha, when he came out the plane, i tawt i taw a big tall drink of puddy tat&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;i&#8217;m just saying, maybe he&#8217;ll accept my coffee offer before going up with you, idk, chemistry savves?\u00a0 Things happen jefita&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Emma laughs on the line, &#8220;just leave him alone silly, get him here in one peace and be quick about it.\u00a0 Quit testing people Alejo&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;and that reminds me&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;since ya&#8217;ll out there&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;would it be cool to ask you to hook it up with some of those chode looking guineos you like so much?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Laughter on the line and assurances of compliance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">About an hour later enters Ren.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Big and tall; has to duck a little while going in through doorways.\u00a0 <br \/>Dark black skin.\u00a0 Asian features.\u00a0 <br \/>A real peng a leng.\u00a0 <br \/>Fresh clothes, swag and charm flows with him.<br \/>Carries a rugged rolling case for his gear, the latest in gaming computers and intel inside.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Handsy guy helps with his grocery bags, waved at the group, handed Emma her package and a few notes, and bounced.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The vibe was welcoming, cheerful, curioused, excited.<br \/>They hug and shake hands with Ren.<br \/>Everyone is looking and smelling attractive and presentable.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Hela jumped up to welcome Ren and he took a moment to give her a little TLC before Emma shooed her away.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Chilean wine, vodka, and some sativa came out.<br \/>Fun background music on low as they make their way to the large living room\/kitchen space.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mingling and assimilation is happening while stories and jokes are swapped.<br \/>Everyone agrees Ren is a cool cat for coming back from the future to be there with them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Everyone\u2019s feeling each other out, playful; it\u2019s warm inside.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">When dinner plan questions started boiling; Ren volunchefs himself in.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cif okay with y\u2019all; I was thinkin&#8217; fixin&#8217; a big-ass sammy for us all before we start?<br \/>Shake off some jetlag; show off these half-baked hibachi skillz.\u00a0 [Ren does a cheap kung-fu pose to everyone&#8217;s approval].\u00a0 <br \/>I can put on a show, just watch.\u00a0 <br \/>A little chow down before the biz-biz up in this bitch, [Hela barks in the background] what&#8217;d&#8217;y&#8217;all say?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mosa immediately nods yes, they all follow suit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cRight-o then.\u00a0 Watch out now, just gotta check out the ingredients, [Ren looks around the kitchen obviously lost]&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;I hate to be a bother but could any pohngyo help me find the&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0[Mosa volunteered herself and helped Ren get items he would ask for&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;sometimes she would not understand what he meant and they would laugh as he tried to mix charades and descriptions&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0..at one point, she made believe she did not understand just to see how he would explain it].<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bander and Emma are watching, having small side convos with themselves and with Ren, and helping in here and there.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">{<em>&#8230;Mama &#8216;Berta always said the kitchen is the heart of it all&#8230; }<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bander insists that Ren try out his knife.<em><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ren checks out the slightly heavy chef\u2019s knife and thumb checks the edges; lost his thumbprint immediately.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Passed the nail check as well.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>{that\u2019s right, sharpened it myself}<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bander throws caution, \u201cThat\u2019ll cut ya if not careful dude.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ren agrees, \u201cThis blade is bankai af\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 [Ren handles it with extra care and respect now]\u00a0 You totes get it guey&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>&#8230;Food is love, and tools get that love cookin now not later; not bad at all boss-man!\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;Hold up, this had to be done by hand so&#8230;\u00a0 [Ren looks around curiously while putting on kiss-the-chef apron that Emma pulled out for him from one of the drawers marked with her name.]\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;ah!\u00a0 There it is, I see you got a whet stone here and&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;what &#8216;da yellow ducks&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;this for real realz?\u00a0 A Hattori Hanzo whetter\u00a0 &#8230;no way, say word&#8230;.\u00a0 \u00a0 [Bander says word bro]\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;.hmmm, so if I take this fruity fruit&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ren cuts a tomato in front of everyone, slowly, sideways, without touching it with anything but the knife.<br \/>It never moved while being cut.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Everyone, including Ren was impressed, a little freaked out, and clapped.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ren nods at Bander.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bander nods back surprised.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ren exhales a little scared and excited&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;I guess i really am hibachi.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0 Ren holds it like a make believe samurai sword for a second before getting busy with it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Little chop-chop here, mix-mix there; inspects the vegetables color and health, smells the meats, makes and dips his finger in the sauces and chipmunk tastes this and that; tests the bread for crunchiness.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cnice\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 [Ren listens in while showing approval to the team] it\u2019s got that symphony of crackle gueys; only great bread sound this way.\u00a0 We are definitely on the right track.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Emma brings it up with a smile and wink, \u201cSo&#8230;.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;.nice man-purse there hot-shot\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ren blushes a little, replies, \u201calright, lawyer up and sue me-\u201c<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Hela barks in the background consistently and everybody looks at Emma who quickly tries to ask her to stop and fills them in on why she does that to get back to Ren; \u201cOh!\u00a0 No no no, Hela dear, he&#8217;s cool, we leave him be.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">She barks again and Emma bellows sharply;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;Loose!&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Silence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">All eyes on Emma, she starts explaining immediately:\u00a0 &#8220;So yeah, She\u2019s kind of like, my lawyer; you can just ignore her, believe me I&#8217;ve tried everything; she has no off switch, i think we got lucky just now, so anyways, you were sayin\u2019 Ren-dear?\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ren looks at her in amused disbelief before moving on,\u00a0 &#8220;Damn guey, that\u2019s just so you\u2026 \u00a0\u00a0..anyways, I just have a thing for cases, book bags, containers, pots, pockets\u2026 idk, things like that\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026not unlike some people having a thing for shoes and hats\u2026\u00a0 \u00a0 [Ren looks at Bander eye-brows up]\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;or sharpening knives apparently&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u2026so yeah, this awesome man-purse slash bolivian indiana jones strap is sexy and y&#8217;all know it, i mean, just look at these legit Aymara tribal marks&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;they kind of a big deal: farm terracing, chuno freeze drying, they solved food insecurity, invented mfkn potatoes of all mighty things&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;not to mention the <span>Ayllu social system is something along your lines right?&#8230; &#8220;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bander and Emma look at each other in agreement.\u00a0 <br \/>There were pockets of Ayllu tribes and youth clubs nearby using this system.\u00a0 EAB were able to ally easily with them as it mimics cooperatives and the 1-150 brazilian familias.\u00a0 Some more remote areas are already working on some foods, fabriques, rope, net-made weapons, etc for support and trade for a supply line they were working on setting up.<br \/>Mosa also has some of her Kayapo supporters living and working with them out there.<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0Ren speaks on, &#8220;&#8230;yeah, right on ya jelly haters &#8211; good thing my bag here holds my hater blockers&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 [Ren pulls out his Helen Keller sunglasses from his purse and whips the legs open and slides them on; for a quick effect and small laughs, then puts them away again and reflects openly]\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;so, hey, i&#8217;ve never been outside of the big Guangzhou before, and &#8211; Oh!\u00a0 Yeah!\u00a0 Hey!\u00a0 [Ren looks around at all of them in earnest]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">By the by, anything you gueys are into to pass the time or makes you feel chill, and also grinds your gears or whatevs?\u00a0 I figure this is right times to get to know y\u2019all better and not trip any land mines y&#8217;all may got hidden around here.\u00a0 Like, fyi, i&#8217;m not trying to catch a spinning bird kick from Mosa if I accidentally use or drop her favorite coffee cup or somethin\u2019&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 [Ren playfully makes believe he is dropping a a fake cup and say&#8217;s uh-oh while looking at the broken cup on the floor to an amused mosa.\u00a0 Emma chimes in, &#8220;ding-dong that&#8217;s a no-no!&#8221; as she clutches her world&#8217;s best sis mug in front of her\ud83d\ude28\ud83d\udc80\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ren looks up suddenly from his cooking;\u00a0 &#8230;Oh!\u00a0 Also, that reminds me!\u00a0 Anybody have any allergies?\u00a0 <br \/>Shud&#8217;da asked sooner. \u00a0It\u2019s peanuts for me btw, straight up that\u2019s my kryptonite so&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0please don\u2019t kill me while I\u2019m here?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">They all agreed to be mindful.<br \/>no one had any allergies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mosa kicks off her A&#8217;s to Ren\u2019s Q\u2019s first, \u201cIf not want to catch spinning bird kicks&#8230; [she says laughing, amusing over the image of a spix \ud83d\udc99 flying around and kicking a lumber logger out his hard-hat]\u00a0 &#8230;never step into my room without knocking, I will open when ready.\u00a0 And I likes\u2026\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2026I likes long hot shower at night times, is my routine, so maybe, 1 hour please leave me alone time?\u00a0 And&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;i like anime things, like, inuyasha, ranma and a half, full metal panic, maybe you have heard?\u00a0 That\u2019s all I think, for now, for me to say.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bander pushes himself to go next, not knowing how to explain himself, feeling accomplished to even say anything following up on Mosa, \u201ceh, I\u2019d rather there not be\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026 wanted to say\u2026-\u201c<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Emma notes him struggling and bluntly posits it down on everyone, \u201cHey guys, for me personally, don\u2019t bring any pestles around; if a simple request like that is disrespected there&#8217;ll be no relationship moving forward&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;and I uh\u2026.\u00a0 \u00a0[Emma looks into the air and taps her chin]\u00a0 \u00a0\u2026usually take my showers in the mornings\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026and if you hear things going bump in the night that\u2019s probably me pacing around, working on something or feeding the munchies&#8230;\u00a0 I don\u2019t sleep much.\u00a0 If you catch me playing my bootleg fortnight go ahead and join in on the action if you wanna get some, i&#8217;m always game&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Emma shares she gamed a lot with her twinsy; metal slug, perfect dark, halo, and call of duty zombies were favorite of theirs, and they had just started trying out minecraft when it first came out before he left, and assures everyone that, &#8220;and of course, if I\u2019m being loud or obnoxious or even if you think i&#8217;m being rude just bring it up, I\u2019m not fishin&#8217; to be distracting nor surf on your boundaries and&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Oh! <br \/>If hela girl has any accidents anywhere please let me know so I can clean it up right away!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Please Please Please do not trouble yourself with her; Bander and I got her covered.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>{well damn\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026thank\u2019s babe\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026am I still this soft about this\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2026can\u2019t keep entertaining my fears of fkn pestles and violence; gotta get this trauma v-chip kind of thing out of me&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;it&#8217;s stunting my vocabulary, my ability to communicate\u2026\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;it&#8217;s a fkn problem&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;gotta go higher and jump out of this&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u2026and I hate picking up after that fkn dog\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026her sht&#8217;s all squishy and gross and she always gives me a weird look&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;gotta tell her at some point i don&#8217;t want to do that}<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bander brings himself back into the convo; more confidently this time around, \u201cI do morning showers as well\u2026\u00a0 [he flashes emma an awkward appreciation smile]\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026and, you know what\u2026\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u2026the pestle thing \u2026\u00a0 \u2026I think that&#8230;\u00a0 \u2026it\u2019s okay to have around those&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;things\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026it\u2019s something we gotta move on from, there\u2019s a lot of big picture sht ahead of us and we can\u2019t be worrying about&#8230;\u00a0 &#8230;that; including myself\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026so yeah, that would be distracting from my end.\u00a0 So yeah, Emma, thank you; for that; but, it\u2019s okay babe.\u00a0 I also; always knock on my door and, this work we are doing, it\u2019s something I take priority to; so if you come up with anything or have any questions, any time, any day, just knock away on that thing until I answer.\u00a0 I can be kind of a heavy sleeper sometimes.\u00a0 It doesn&#8217;t matter dough, I\u2019ll work with you, it&#8217;s totally whatever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>{&#8230;sht&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;i got no fkn hobbies right now&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;i&#8217;ve been trying to keep up with Emma and mixing our resources and spending a lot of time&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;wait a moment, have you ever seen emma sleeping?}<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ren closes the loop, \u201cI don\u2019t know how we got into all this shower and pestle talk y&#8217;all but I dig it.\u00a0 If you gueys ever do bring a krok sak around that\u2019s what\u2019s up, I\u2019ll hook it up with some thai dishes.\u00a0 Oh, and I take at least two showers a day just so y\u2019all know, maybe 3 if i get back to my exercise routine.\u00a0 Will be mindful of y&#8217;all shower time.\u00a0 Aaaand&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;if ya walk in without knocking don\u2019t say I didn\u2019t warn ya in advance, that door is for your protection not mine, whatever you see in there uninvited is somethin&#8217; y&#8217;all gonna have to live with.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">If by chance i don&#8217;t hear you tapping, just text me or message me or somethin&#8217;, I probs be plugged into the computer doing matrix stuff, you know, where i spend most of my time&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;and Ms. Mosa, did i hear right?\u00a0 Did-you-say-you saw Full metal panic!?\u00a0 Aaaaaahhhhh snap!\u00a0 That&#8217;s so chao kuuuuu!\u00a0 I remember that one, they had those arm slaves and those whispered people and black tech and that, ah!\u00a0 what was it called, the power source pohngyo, it was aaaa&#8230;.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0[Emma leads them on with &#8220;laaaamb&#8221; and Ren and Mosa say it together with the japanese accent] &#8220;Lambda driver!&#8221; and the three of them giggle about it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bander smiling gets himself another drink.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>{Well, that show sounds cool&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;wish i saw that one&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;missed out on some good insider fun here}<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">They all continue going back and forth on little habits, quirks, pet-peeves, shows they&#8217;ve seen and would\/wouldn&#8217;t recommend, and boundaries while Ren continues working on dinner on and off between convos.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Emma thinks she caught on and asks if that was what she thought it was.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ren knew she would know, and assures her, \u201cthat\u2019s right.\u00a0 One super sized Ren special chxn Vietnamese sandwich order coming right up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cOoooooooooh nice! \u00a0haven\u2019t had one in an ill minuuuuute, they have the best of those back in da Westmin-stah Californ-yay.\u201d\u00a0 [Hela barks in the background, Emma slumps over defeated]\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bander rides the bark, \u201cLet me guess, she\u2019s a lawyer dog from California [Hela barks twice and comes running up and around looking at the crowd, asserting some kind of presence, did a few sharp in place twirls, mad dogged them from the floor during her 15 seconds of fame, and left with her head and tail up while heading back to Emma&#8217;s bed, clearly satisfied about something]\u00a0 Emma replies \u201cyups&#8221; to Bander and the amused group.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ren stifles his laughs at the puppy show and starts his competitive bragging, \u201cWell I assure you, this Sammy is better than their sammies guera guey; but don\u2019t just take my word for it, Sammy says brace yourself!\u00a0 [Ren is stylishly, almost outlandishly, cutting the bread and setting 4 large sandwiches up.\u00a0 all even sized, except for one notably supersized compared to the rest].\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s my favorite witch in the web wide world, and I like to think I have good taste\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Looks over and smiles to mosa, then bander and back to emma.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cIf I\u2019m the connoisseurus rex I think I am, you guey-gueys are in for a treat.\u00a0 This particular sammy always hit\u2019s just right and makes me feel the all warm and fuzzies inside, ever feel that before? \u00a0Hope I\u2019m able to share some of that tonight with y&#8217;all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ren continues smiling and cheffing with rolled up sleeves.<br \/>He\u2019s cooking and putting everything together; surprisingly quiet with the pan clangs and dish scrapes despite the speed and intensity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">He gives a heads up.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cAll right-y then&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2026I guesstimate not even 10 mikes\u2026 \u201c\u00a0 [Ren bites his tongue in his cheek, checks the temp progress and moves around doing kitchen stuff]\u00a0 \u201cthe trick to this witch brew&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;is the contrastednesses in temperatures inside&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;and the <span>Viscousaucity<\/span> of the spread goo&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u2026gotta be careful here, a little bit too hot and we overdue it; a little too cold and you won\u2019t feel anything special\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026it&#8217;s all gotta be worked together just right you know?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bander wasn&#8217;t listening, he was in the immediate area prepping a small presentation space.<br \/>Bander gets his whiteboards and markers out, and Emma kind of hears him as she sets up her phone and projector to display on the backwall behind his setup while the air is inviting of fine cuisine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mosa is entertained with this guy\u2019s dedication to a sandwich.\u00a0 Judging him.\u00a0 Doubting him.\u00a0 Not believing that he will get the bread out of the oven in time between all this jugglin\u2019 and the fumblin\u2019 and no kitchen timer.\u00a0 Fully vested in analyzing how this person operates, his wants and needs and character, as he may be able to open new doors to new paths that will lead to her finding baby.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ren defies expectations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Soon enough everything is ready.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ren serves and impresses Mosa first with the nicest looking plate he quickly put together.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It was a meng cat made from cut fruits and vegetables.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">She felt a little thrown off and called out in front of everybody from the extra generous presentation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Everyone else is being served regular themed plates to the background of new york beats over panamanian rhythm.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201c&#8230;\u266acon el tumba&#8217;o que tienen los guapos al caminar&#8230;<br \/><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">&#8230;las manos siempre, en los bolsillos, de su gaban\u266a\u2026 \u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">After setting himself last, Ren lets them know, \u201chey y\u2019all, i&#8217;m with you on what you are doing&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;actually, im scared af, but i&#8217;m with you&#8230;\u201d\u00a0 [Ren then raises his cup to mosa] and no worries pohngyo, about your plate, just wanted to let you know I think you&#8217;re cute and used that as an excuse to do a little peacocking and showing off, not trying to be annoying or too forward.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ren shoots mosa the tried and true smiley wink face \ud83d\ude09, encouraging her to let him know what she thought about that first bite and did the pat head rub belly with a little rusty salsa dance to go with it to the soft background music.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mosa is used to being complimented and approached randomly all the time.\u00a0 <br \/>Flustered, she politely says her obrigada line and raises her cup and a half smile in return, slightly intrigued, tipsy and charmed; tries not to show it.<br \/>She did find Ren particularly attractive, and felt odd at being caught off guard like this.<br \/>His vibe felt different to her, and she has never been challenged like he did to her just now:<br \/>Her dilemma being that the food art was so good, she didn&#8217;t want to eat it.\u00a0 <br \/>But she also wasn&#8217;t going to not eat it.<br \/>Mosa is offset.<br \/>She figures it&#8217;s likely because she\u2019s hungry and he fools good.\u00a0 <br \/>She meant, the food smells good.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bander and Emma compliment how nice the plate came out to Ren while they give themselves hush hush secret side glances.<br \/><em>{yeah, I\u2019m seeing this too emma.\u00a0 Yes, I know, we are totally gossiping about this later}<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ren quickly moves his attention off of Mosa and into showing off his fake id and passport he used for getting over.\u00a0 Emma showed off her own fake docs, they all argued over who had the coolest fake names while they dug into dinner.\u00a0 Mosa shares how she doesn\u2019t have any id\u2019s at all, but a few wigs instead.\u00a0 Bander flexes how he has more real passports than everyone&#8217;s fake one&#8217;s and wigs combined as he fixes himself a screwdriver on the rocks.<br \/>The party is trying not to talk or laugh too much with the food still in their mouths; covering up with their hands here and there to hide their simultaneous enjoyments.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Everyone is excited to go over their travel adventures; they wished they could go over every detail, but many voices kills intimacy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The sammich was good.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mosa was delighted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Emma was all over it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ren&#8217;s worries about the sandwich coming out lame or ducked up were gone after all the face humming going around.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bander screws around a bit more before biting in after everyone else.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>{oh my\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026 mclovin the sht outta this\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026he was right about the warm and fuzzies\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026damn this is good stuff; pay attention to how he does it next time, you already have the ingredient list\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026his fkn thai food must be amazing\u2026\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;gonna have to grow a pair and get him a fkn mortar kit myself or something&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;gotta get over this fear&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;i still can&#8217;t even wash my own feet without&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;freaking out}<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Everyone enjoyed and complimented Ren\u2019s big sammy.<br \/>It was nothing but moans, eye rolls and lip-slaps and laughter and sauce on fingers over the table.<br \/>They shared and had fun as friendly almost strangers awkwardly drawn together.<br \/>It was harmonious in there.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Somebody had to pull them out of it and move the plot forward.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>{looking like a mfkn beer commercial in here&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;fkn hate commercials}<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bander starts bringing attention to himself and takes over the kitchen narrative.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Everyone was quick to scythe their convos.\u00a0 Emma sharply cut the music off.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">All eyes on Bander.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Napkins cleaned hands and faces; full bellied and ready in their seats; pleasantries were over;<br \/>this is the sobremesa they were all starving for.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bander is taken back by the eerie silence and respect they are giving him.<br \/>It&#8217;s usually not this fast and easy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>{present the problem, provide perspectives, invite involvement, paint the goal, plan-do-study-act&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;and loosen up, be flexible, let the drink flow through you}<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201calright, so\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2026All good presentations require identifying the problem and providing solutions\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2026so here we goes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">the problem is that the world is fkd up\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Everyone put their drinks up and mumbled agreements.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cSo the solution is to paint a world picture that is not fkd up; simple ideologies we can all get behind\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Everyone put their drinks up and mumbled agreements.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;I\u2019m not going to go over the details tonight, just making sure all of us are on the same page as we work on this global glow up.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">That\u2019s what the world wants.\u00a0 That\u2019s what the prayers are asking for.\u00a0 <br \/>That\u2019s what the wifey is demanding, that\u2019ll help Mosa, and it\u2019ll be the ultimate Disney story for Ren eh?<br \/>So yeah, we all have a stake in this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ren puts his pinky and drink up and asks, \u201cAnd what do you get out of this guey-man?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bander opens his arms and delivers with tipsy flair and friendly scorn;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cTranscendence!\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026and bragging rights of course&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;Leave my piss mark all over this era.\u00a0 &#8230;and outside of ridding myself from this impossibly jacked up situation y\u2019all got me in, the next stage of human history is going to have Bander time as a highlight in it whether i&#8217;m still in it or not cuz i&#8217;m epic like that\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2026I mean, come on now, let\u2019s give credit where credit\u2019s due right? \u00a0I\u2019m power pointing the mfn&#8217; Brian Boitano method here to essentially kill the money religion world wide, do you have any idea how fkn hard and complex toppling hegemony is?\u00a0 With no fkn army?\u00a0 This is some Napolia&#8217;damus Chris&#8217;vinci Khania&#8217;velli level sht.\u00a0 This is the missing economics episodes for Star Trek!\u00a0 This is pinky and the brain scheming&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0[Bander leans further into his answer]\u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>\u2026World peace would make me the ultimate beauty pageant winner yo; i&#8217;d\u00a0 be sexy af.\u00a0 Einstein himself couldn\u2019t solve this atomical wtf problem, so that&#8217;s automatic genius status right;\u00a0 Death and taxes?\u00a0 Not this fkn guy!\u00a0 Sht, pull this off, i&#8217;ll be the immortal of the immortals, someone out there fo\u2019 sho\u2019 fo&#8217; sho&#8217; is goin\u2019 to make a statue abou-\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Emma brings him back, \u201cbae bae, show us the rat-race mousetrap first pretty sexy silky please?\u00a0 <br \/>Tomatoes and frybread top a capuchino mi capuchin?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bander cools his fantasy jets and gets back to presenting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cRight, thanks babe.\u00a0 Okay.\u00a0 The word of the day is freedom, that&#8217;s the rat-trap we bringing in&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>{nice; way to bring the freedom intro in like that.\u00a0 rat-race; rat-trap&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;i&#8217;m sure they&#8217;ll get it}<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ren shouts&#8217; out &#8220;Fkn barz!&#8221;<em><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>{ah! fkn ace, dude likes battle rap also.\u00a0 that&#8217;s cool af&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;see if you can throw a good one out at some point}<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;Right, so!\u00a0 now; let\u2019s get that word straight first:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Fkn freedom.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Get ready, I\u2019m going to be all over the place.\u00a0 Stop me, ask questions if you got them, whatevs\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Everybody put their drinks up and mumbled agreements.<br \/>attentive.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cOkilly dokilly; world today; fkd up, unbalanced, unhinged; it\u2019s not a mistake, it\u2019s all intelligent design af.<br \/>So fkn smart in fact, it\u2019s hard to see without, you know, being in the know, so it\u2019s like, one of those hidden in plain sight things pedestrians usually don\u2019t pick up on\u2026 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2026ever.\u00a0 Or adapt to, cuz, whut the fk they going to do?\u00a0 vote and protest and sht?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Power only respects power, everyone else and their million opinions are harmless.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">To know what freedom is, we have to first know what freedom isn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2026I invite you to take in what population control in general looks like\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Emma projects on the wall social stratification pyramids from the web.\u00a0 Familiar scenes of privilege at the top maintained by the groups under it.\u00a0 Caste systems.\u00a0 Feudal systems.\u00a0 Apartheid systems.\u00a0 Patriarchy systems.\u00a0 Pecking order systems.\u00a0 Chattel Slavery systems.\u00a0 Wage systems.\u00a0 Religious systems.\u00a0 Social Class systems.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Different names, geographies, epochs, pictures, ideologies, but ultimately the same pyramid scheme and message.<br \/>Hegemony and power hierarchy was existent, and undisputable.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cThis is what privilege based ideological warfare looks like. <br \/>It\u2019s the biggest driver of our lives, It\u2019s at the center of everything we will be dealing with, and, [hicccups]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">As long as this scheme exists, there\u2019s no such thing as freedom now is there?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Everybody saw themselves in the pyramid scheme presented.<br \/>Themselves and their families and friends in it.<br \/>Feeding the groups above them.<br \/>subduing the groups below.<br \/>protecting their own classes, like little social bubbles.<br \/>Like slaves.\u00a0 Zombies.<br \/>There was no freedom angle to be made when presented with this picture.<br \/>Only privilege arguments.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bander takes another sip of his drink.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It hit everybody that Bander\u2019s entire life has been at the very top.<br \/>His perspectives are not like theirs, at all.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bander pauses, hiccups, looks at the projection for a moment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201c\u2026I\u2019ve given this a lot of thought.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">What all these pyramid schemes mean\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Carrot or stick. \u00a0Plata or plomo. \u00a0<br \/>silence or violence.\u00a0 Double bind or double time.\u00a0 <br \/>Heaven or hell&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2026easy way or the hard way\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bander shuffles a little uncomfortably.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201canyways&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;quick thing I have to share with you guys that I kind of, well, had to deal with recently.\u00a0 <br \/>I\u2019ll share it I guess, while this drink is still in me but..\u00a0\u00a0 ..yeah.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know if you noticed but&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2026I\u2019m kind of a narcissist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Everybody looked around at each other, nobody was shocked.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201c\u2026right.. okay, so look.\u00a0 Personal narcissist story moment, I\u2019m sure y\u2019all have your own eh.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We&#8217;re all a part of this system, whether you like it or not&#8230;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8230;I have shares in factories all over Louisiana, it\u2019s a southern part of the states, where Katrina happened if you can remember that.\u00a0 The cash crop there, oil, maybe you&#8217;ve heard of it, makes a killing.\u00a0 Energy demand is always growing, it&#8217;s one of the most valuable and indispensable resources we have.\u00a0 You wanna talk about contrast?\u00a0 All around this precious nest egg of mine are some of the shttiest zip code incomes in the states.\u00a0 Those dumb-ass &#8216;mericans eat themselves alive out there for a buck, that\u2019s the perfect recipe\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2026Keeps wages low, like it\u2019s supposed to.\u00a0 <br \/>Management and immigration keeps wages low.\u00a0 high populations keeps wages low.\u00a0 Single moms keep them wages low.\u00a0 convicts keep them wages low.\u00a0 Dangerous neighborhoods and jerrymandering keeps them kids on the low cost where they need to be&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u2026there\u2019s always fresh bodies out there ready to chase a buck, us billionaires call these [hiccups] broke schlubs the reserve army of labor.\u00a0 Anything that keeps wages low, the locals hungry, and the rights to the cash crop product in our pockets without the plebs noticing or changing anything is a good thing, duh.\u00a0 There\u2019s always sht people will fight about, cuz they don&#8217;t know sht\u2026\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;as long as they keep agreeing i&#8217;m the lawfull justified owner and their anonymous and unreachable shareholder god&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[Bander laughs in surreal realization]\u00a0 \u2026I never even touch the value generating stuff, I just have to recognize that it&#8217;s important, invest in different fields&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;keep the machine running, just another diverse portfolio asset\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8230;crazy&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;it&#8217;s all paper.\u00a0 [hiccup]\u00a0 paper rights.\u00a0 paper money.\u00a0 it&#8217;s legit to everyone because it&#8217;s written down and a big deal of it is made&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;people are so fkn simple&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2026did you all know that prison labor systems are more profitable than slavery?&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2026Anyways, this is the foundation of how money works, and us money makers compete on this sht\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bander looks around, audience let\u2019s sink in the social stratification pyramids in the background&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 <br \/>&#8230;realize that the speaker is genuine psychotic\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026and is being open, conscious and unfiltered about it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Emma speaks up.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cworld is fkd.\u00a0 Check.\u00a0 Freedom and hegemony don\u2019t mix, check.\u00a0 The wars of the ages of good guys vs bad guys is narcissists tricking us plebs, check.\u00a0 Up next, how we gonna beat this bae?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mosa and Ren nod at Emma on her summary and look to Bander to continue.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cTo attack the stratification pyramid scheme, you need to look at the most important value based pyramid scheme.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For easy reference, we will use what\u2019s called the blackfoot hierarchy of needs, also known as Maslow\u2019s hierarchy of needs with eh, [hiccup], a community over individual emphasis\u2026. \u00a0\u00a0\u2026it will help put everything in perspective.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[Emma pulls it up on the projector while bander continues]<br \/>Bander also draws it on a whiteboard.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cHere&#8217;s your targets:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Safety, food, water, shelter;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">electricity, entertainment, belonging, ambitions, sex;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">emotional support, etcetera etcetera&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8230;All this is supposed to come from an actively involved community.\u00a0 Make sure you note that nuance, it\u2019s community, not individual.\u00a0 Make sure you note this list, it\u2019s the entirety of our focus from here on out.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Trust is the expected and principal currency in a community&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;as that is real, the real value&#8230;<br \/>Billionaires get that more than anybody else, it&#8217;s our super power.<br \/>Cassandro\u2019s 1-150 families, and Emma\u2019s cooperatives, and their hybrids, embody these things intrinsically\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8230;problem is, like Emma found out, a cycle starts to happen, the system starts correcting itself, using soft power and hard power&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;so we need safety in numbers&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0[hiccup]\u00a0 \u00a0 \u2026we need the idea to go viral&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;so that even if we fail, it can be picked up and advanced by any mfkrs out there looking for directions out the maze&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bander points out to the core physiological and socio-psychological needs all humans require on the maslow scheme, and how money is used as an ideological tool in every possible aspect; forcing dependency.\u00a0 Domestication.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You go from hunting and growing your own food together as a small unit, to paying for your food to a large centralized entity.\u00a0 Go from harvesting water, to paying for water.\u00a0 From building homes on available space, to paying for a home on taxed land. \u00a0From protecting yourself with your neighbors, to paying for strangers roleplaying as cops and military to protect you from your neighbors.\u00a0 From being able to go wherever you want, to paying for passports and licenses and permissions and certifications&#8230;\u00a0 From having relationships, to paying for marriage contracts or getting pimped out by poverty in the worst ways\u2026\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u2026we getting a picture here?\u00a0 <br \/>Everyone see how its homo reciprocan gettin&#8217; chased by homo economicus with a very big mouth and stick?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Everyone nods\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026kind of.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cMoney, religion, governments, borders, race, patriarchy, all that sht, it\u2019s just ideas.\u00a0 It&#8217;s all just games with game rules.<br \/>Hence game theory.<br \/>It\u2019s just mind games with rules that favor some over others, and cheaters and winners and losers and gambles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We need a system that can [hiccups] replace and survive the current one long enough for a diffusion of innovation to take place.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We gotta get them to stop playing other people\u2019s games, and play our game instead.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">So, here\u2019s the proposed strategy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">If we build it they will come.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We have to take over the entire Maslow scheme with trust over moolah thinking.<br \/>It\u2019s that simple.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Any questions so far?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ren tells Bander he gets it, then asks,\u00a0 \u201cHow far you guys willing to go with all this?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">They all look at Bander.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cuntil the cows come home eh?\u00a0 [Hiccups]\u00a0 None of us here seem willing to leave things as they are right now&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026I\u2019d say we got stamina in here.\u00a0 How we all feeling about all this?\u00a0 We in this?\u00a0 We going all the way?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mosa and Emma surprised Bander for a moment with their violent approval.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>{\u2026Of course they&#8217;d stop at nothing&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;here because of them&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;literally\u00a0 [hiccups]\u00a0 my fkn owners in one way or another&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;shts crazy&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;what&#8217;s coming&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;so many people are going to die&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;so many more people are going to be saved&#8230; }<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ren pops his collar, says, \u201call right, commitment, that\u2019s what\u2019s up; world fkn peace!\u00a0 let\u2019s go!\u00a0 i mean, why the fk not?<br \/>So, whatcha want, whatcha need from me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bander continues onto him, \u201churry up and get us a demo of that Olympia app we can start playing around with, we\u2019re gonna need a cool name for it by the way.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I also need you to start listing the hardware, rollout plans, and of course, ballpark costs for us to make our own global internet system.\u00a0 [Ren perks up].\u00a0 \u00a0[bander hiccups and continues] \u201cYeah, you heard that right dude bro, internet for the people by the people and for the people&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;i think that&#8217;s how that goes; Oh, and hey; yo:\u00a0 We&#8217;re bringing napster back and super size it, fk they gonna due, sue us?\u00a0 [barking in the background].\u00a0 Money has no power where we going; so if we doing this whole become ungovernable sht we gotta own and maintain our own communication system.\u00a0 You know, act like we mean business.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ren eyes get anime size wide in excitement, starts imagining the global nerd community building a statue of him if they pull off free internet and bring napster back.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bander pauses for a\u00a0 moment and takes another drink, notices Emma writing some things down; Ren fantasizing about something;\u00a0 \u00a0Mosa, attentive to him, as if waiting for something; anything.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0\u00a0<em>{fk she scares the sht outta me&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;never gonna get owned like that again&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;sht, I didn\u2019t come prepared with anything for her and baby\u2026\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;the long term plan helps, but we need something more aggressive&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;she would need a fkn army&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;no way this can be done without weaponizing&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;need to start building an army now&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;but how can we\u2026}<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0\u201c\u2026Hey Ren\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026.while you\u2019re at it\u2026\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;and emma, this is off the cuff, hold on\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026fk it, let&#8217;s jump from a higher altitude&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;what&#8217;s the worst that can happen at this point right?\u00a0 If we don&#8217;t build something now we won&#8217;t have time later, so has to be now as well&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u2026you and emma prep a shell company we can angel invest in&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026.picture this, an armed non-profit HQ off of guam, put up satellite locations everywhere the labor is cheap, have them dedicated to immediate global anti-trafficking and anti-kidnapping initiatives\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u2026Emma, make those 1-150 cooperatives\u2026\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;hire on then transition as many vets and their families you can find&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;[Emma cuts in, suggesting that they start it off as a reality show]\u00a0 fkn brilliant, that&#8217;s fkn fire, yes, yes, a fkn charity with guns and cameras on them, people can follow from everywhere, puts all eyes on the issue and drives support&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;mosa, if you could, ask the good doctor if he is open to traveling to guam\u2026\u00a0 [Mosa nods],\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u2026emma and ren\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u2026.find puppet ceos willing and able\u2026\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2026This is all dynamite.\u00a0 More attention is more speed\u2026\u00a0 \u00a0 [Bander looks directly to Emma]\u00a0 Babe, we&#8217;re putting in a full bill on it for funding, fk it, make it 2, we just half-way thought this up and already i&#8217;m committed to go hard at it, the vision is good, it&#8217;s coming together\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u2026mosa, that means we&#8217;re getting teams and equipment that will specialize in intervening on child slavery all over the world, and you will have backdoor access to them and the resources they use, and the strategies they develop and what not\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2026and we\u2019re liberating mfn guam under everyone&#8217;s noses\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u2026this should help\u2026\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;something you can work with emma and ren with to find baby&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;it&#8217;s not the fastest option&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;but it&#8217;s the best i got at the moment\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mosa tears up and nods humbly, blows her nose.<br \/>She remembers Cassandro randomly for a moment.<br \/>He had told her.<br \/>She is not alone.<br \/>There are everywhere.<br \/>Crouching tigers, hidden dragons.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ren leans in, offers his hand to her hand.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">She let&#8217;s him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Emma follows with her own hand offer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">She let&#8217;s her.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bander get\u2019s back into it,\u00a0 \u201callright, so that\u2019s a little extra there for the three of you to talk about.\u00a0 It just occurred to me so obviously it needs alot to get ironed out, if you got something better, bring it up.\u00a0 We need to stay off radar, the drama and heat has to stay clear from our names, keep the funding anonymous and uncrackable, i&#8217;d like to live to see all of this through.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Emma assures him that goes without saying.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bander starts wrapping it up, &#8220;so yeah, hey, I got some logistical ideas in mind I&#8217;m still working on&#8230;\u00a0 [hiccup]\u00a0 &#8230;but in the end, it\u2019s whoever has the best solution to any of the listed problems that wins this.\u00a0 We are all competing on the best pro social solution to each one of the maslow problems.\u00a0 That&#8217;s the driver behind everything.\u00a0 prosocial solutions to anti-social problems right?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Right-on, you got your pyramid models to study and focus on, so go git \u2018er done.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Any questions?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">No questions were brought up.<br \/>There was a lot to digest, it would require processing first to ask the right questions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cAny questions come up, let\u2019s talk anytime eh?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">There are multiple boards with global maps, multi-colored thumbtacks and strings in the background.<br \/>Bander goes to one of them and puts a big star on the guam location.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">He looks at the board, feeling like an officer in tun tavern.<br \/><em>{this is it&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;we need a new board to start marking the charity bases&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;I&#8217;m so fkd up right now.\u00a0 did i miss anything.\u00a0 Did i say too much&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;too little&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;shts spinning, stay sharp}<\/em><br \/>He tries to contemplate the many issues that are going to pop up against them on this, but the drink isn\u2019t letting him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bander starts drawing the two pyramids on two of a few more whiteboards for easy view for whenever the kitchen spaced is used.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Each board has it\u2019s own topic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Status quo:\u00a0 social stratification pyramid.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Privilege over plebs.\u00a0 \u00a0transactional hegemony.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The second board:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Targets\/solution:\u00a0 Blackfoot Maslow pyramid, community fundamental wants and needs structure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Physiological)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">FOOD, WATER, SHELTER, REST, SAFETY, COMMUNICATION,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Psychological)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">TRUTH, KNOWLEDGE, LOVE, BELONGING, ENTERTAINMENT, TRADE, TRAVEL, SELF ACTUALIZATION<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(strategies)<br \/>1-150 self sufficiency social grouping.\u00a0 Cooperative business models, transparent money flows.\u00a0 Ownership of blackfoot\/Maslow hierarchy of needs using these models.\u00a0 global olympic replacement app with a cool name for it&#8217;s future transition.\u00a0 Guam HQ, strategic setups + present as a reality tv show + emma; consider add to bootleg fortnite, transfer lessons learned into virtual training environment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mosa goes up to Bander as he finishes up writing and says obrigada, quick to leave him after that as she feared upsetting him in any way; goes to emma and talks low.\u00a0\u00a0 She wanted to know what else this guam strategy could mean in finding her son, and help with some vocabulary words she wrote down.\u00a0 Emma goes to the side with her and fills her in on what she understood.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ren comes after to speak to Bander.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cokay, owning your own internet, it\u2019s already being done, let\u2019s just say the prices are astronomical.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cnaw, not launching anything into space, that\u2019s too complicated, way too many moving parts in the air, so ground is better if we going for local control\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u2026was thinking something like mesh networks or something better if you got it.\u00a0 I\u2019m not an expert in any of that, so it\u2019s all on you in getting something up.\u00a0 What we can provide if needed are stations around the oceans, mountains, islands, whatever. \u00a0Feel free to join Emma and I this week, we are looking to fund into graphene tech to boost signal strengths, I heard some familias talking about it and other similar materials being explored to glow up all kinds of final products, and one lady [hiccups], excuse me, one lady even used samples of it to advance her bullet proof vests out there in the favelas.\u00a0 So yeah, we gonna try to make it real.\u00a0 Free internet for everybody if we pull this cat in the hat trick\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ren smirks, scratches his head, agrees.\u00a0 \u201canother good one.\u00a0 alright, i&#8217;ll get right on that app and speak with emma on setting up the shell\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026that\u2019s fkn brilliant, the attention it will get.\u00a0 A de-centralized red-cross with guns, aw man the world ain\u2019t ready for what\u2019s coming&#8230; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2026Why guam though?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201ci read that at some point that they have the highest rate of military enlistments and the states won\u2019t even open them a vha hospital\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026those guys getting shafted is easy contrast and easy fix, give them healthcare, purpose and respect and you got the workings for a small army\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026people like that don\u2019t care about the bread and circus\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u2026the hope is that they will use that warrior spirit for something real instead of boot licking to the states&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;it&#8217;s a gamble&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;i&#8217;m counting that they got the heart for it\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[Ren shutters in delight] you giving me goosbumps bro, never seen someone build a real life spirit bomb before.\u00a0 We gon\u2019 make Rochi proud.\u00a0 Aiight, emma says to treat you like the rockstar client that you are and you got no scope creep limits, so imma get you your app functional at top speed, should be a few short months, we gotta army of dateless minion nerds coming up, real heavy hitters you know?&#8230;\u00a0 [ren laughs, takes another swig of alcohol]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2026I love how rich y\u2019all are&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;alright, so I got some things for ya.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Emma told me to triple up your online security.\u00a0 You did a good job by yourself staying on the downlow&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;kind of&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;we went ahead and fixed some sht up for ya.\u00a0 Some of those videos in the bander file actually made it online, I\u2019m sure you wouldn\u2019t know anything about that \ud83d\ude44, but no worries though, all gone now, you&#8217;re schlong all over the place situation is under control.\u00a0 That\u2019s right, you literally have a whole team on 24\/7 covering each other\u2019s shifts just to keep your face and your dk offline.\u00a0 That was quite the show you put on in that brazilian party by the way\u2026\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;damn man, there were like, a bakers dozen of hot chicks on ya, you fkn legend&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0and then you got married to vengeance incarnate&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 fkn bad-ass guey&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u2026so yeah, don\u2019t bring attention to yourself, keep your face and genitals off the digital space please, make their lives easy and we can keep you invisible.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Here\u2019s a phone, this is the most important phone in your life from here on out so keep it on you always and charged.\u00a0 The battery inside of it has an emergency solar charging function if you find yourself out of power, or if you lost your charger again.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a nokia 3310 with it&#8217;s own custom kernel and homebrew, if it breaks, it&#8217;s because you went way out of your way to do it.\u00a0 If this phone rings, it means shts bad.\u00a0 Did I already say keep it on you?\u00a0 Keep it on you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Also, remember how punisher was caught.\u00a0 Remi shows him a small plastic coca-cola bottle.\u00a0 I got some anti-ai makeup and tips we can go over later on, but yeah, we can\u2019t help you with your gait getting caught on camera.\u00a0 So if you want to take that extra precaution, you may want to, you know-\u00a0 [Ren gestures at the coca-cola bottle with his head several times]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bander looks at the coca-cola bottle, gets the hint and laughs out loud.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">{\u2026well fk me running&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;sht&#8217;s real, i&#8217;m gonna get killed doing this}<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201c\u2026well fk me running\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ren laughs with him and continues.\u00a0 \u201cThat\u2019s right that\u2019s right, and yeah, no, seriously though, obviously something smaller but i\u2019m not kidding.\u00a0 This is the world you live in and when those cameras got you on lock you are only a meeting and an action plan away from getting smoked.\u00a0 They will totally hit what they can see\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8230; so okay guey, I\u2019ll get your sht going first thing tomorrow.\u00a0 going to decompress, call it a day.\u00a0\u00a0 Gonna talk to your wife, get settled around here, then go take a shower, idk&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026will keep that status strat vs the maslaw thing in mind, those were good targets you painted\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026you okay there guey? drink\u2019s gotta be hittin\u2019 you hard, you must have that hard drive scrambled by now with the way you were drinking\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>{can\u2019t believe it\u2019s on\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026 rough draft plan to take over the world\u2026\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2026that really is some pinky and the brain level sht\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026and this camera and ai sht I gotta watchout for.\u00a0 If this all goes through\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026my billions won\u2019t mean anything\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026so this better fkn work\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026billionaires eat their own if they got to\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026we\u2019re all in fkn danger from\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026everyone&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;he said something about hardrives&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;gotta go de-frag&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8230;oooh, that&#8217;s a good one, tell him you are going to go de-frag for the night}<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bander takes another swig and didn\u2019t answer Ren.\u00a0 Feels an overpowering feeling of disdain, and courage, towards the situation&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 {jump is done&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026.time to live with the decision\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026why am I sow exghausted right now\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026that was a good fkn sandwich\u2026}<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Emma and mosa finished up.\u00a0 Emma notices Bander and tells him to not worry about picking up, she has him covered.\u00a0 Bander grumpidly apologizes to everyone, leaves Ren and heads off to his room.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mosa picked up after herself quickly and bounced for the evening, taking the remaining part of the sandwhich with her to her room.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ren and emma hang out in the kitchen area, speaking while cleaning up together.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ren shares his admiration for Emma.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201c\u2026of course you would find a way to arrange marriage yourself to a trust fund baby and turn him into\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026holy sht, you turned him into tony stark after his run in with the Taliban&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Emma, amused, downplays her role.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cI&#8217;ll have you know I kinda found him that way\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 [she recaps to ren]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026 he ran into Cassandro of all possible people, got tricked and beat half-to-death by a homicidal jujitsu escort, kidnapped by said escort into the favela after putting the fear of god in him, and pushed to supporting a trash mountain overhaul initiative by an escaped convicted killer and child warlord\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026yeah, seems to have shifted something in there\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2026and I\u2019m totally crushing on him.\u00a0 Speaking of which, jujitsu girl, she&#8217;s peanut butter Ren\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026they call her, the lion of Kayapo\u2026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201chaha, yeah yeah, I know I know, you told me how she totally one upped you guys in Colombia there Harley quinn\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u2026she\u2019s so cool\u2026\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026and i&#8217;m so Mufasa you know?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Emma shakes her head and smiles, \u201cdon\u2019t say I didn\u2019t warn ya\u2026\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;and don&#8217;t fk anything up.\u00a0 We need her help for security and no matter what you are helping with baby, it&#8217;s part of our deal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ren admires his bag as he assures her that he will talk to her tomorrow about what he has so far, \u201cSo\u2026\u00a0 \u00a0\u2026never a dull moment working for you\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2026.still can\u2019t believe this guey just dropped a whole 2 bills on the arming guamsters project then went to sleep\u2026\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8230;Gonna go tuck out as well.\u00a0 Let&#8217;s talk tomorrow on this in the afternoon&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0&#8230;actually, day after tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I got plans.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Emma smiles mischievously as she is finishes tidying up.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;yeah, me too.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ARCH 3.7 \u201c\u2026peanut butter jelly time\u2026\u201d 13 Feb 2020.\u00a0 Late afternoon.Las Torres Mall La Paz, Bolivia 40 hours after Ren\u2019s hang-up. 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